Monument record 4/0/19 - The Square
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{1} As an early centre of these various specialist dependancies, food renders would have been brought to Sutton to the royal reeve, and the shape of the central 'square' of the village, with church, manor-house and 'Court-House' on two sides, may be significant. Squares are rare in villages here and the usual shape for medieval markets is an elongated bulge in the high street. The Square at King's Sutton has roads entering at three corners and a footpath on the fourth: could this be a relic of the early Saxon settlement, when food renders from a largely pastoral people came in 'on the hoof', to a central corral?
<1> Hayter D., 2003, King's Sutton: An Early Anglo-Saxon Estate?, p.16 (unchecked) (Article). SNN103611.
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- <1> SNN103611 Article: Hayter D.. 2003. King's Sutton: An Early Anglo-Saxon Estate?. Northamptonshire Past and Present. 56. Northants Record Society. p.16 (unchecked).
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Location
| Grid reference | SP 4984 3608 (point) Central |
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| Civil Parish | KINGS SUTTON, West Northamptonshire (formerly South Northants District) |
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Record last edited
Aug 7 2014 2:26PM
